You Promised to Do No Harm

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>For forty-five years </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Jonnie</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and Thomas Brown built a life together. They supported each other through college marched together to receive their degrees formed a family traveled and shared the love of a lifetime. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When Thomas fell ill on a trip to Florida everything changed. He was admitted to a local hospital where within days he died-the victim of neglect and treatment below the medical standard of care.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>You Promised to Do No Harm</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Thomas's widow Jonnie tells their shocking personal story shedding light on implicit bias and detailing the struggle that people of color face when equal treatment doesn't apply. It's a call for families to advocate for their loved ones for the medical community to consciously understand how bias affects their decision-making and for each of us to address healthcare disparity to keep our loved ones alive. </span></p>